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This week the hosts, discuss what can be learnt from Appleby Blue Almshouse. A high-quality social collective housing for older people in Bermondsey, which has recently been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 for it's outward-facing, community-first design. 

They discuss:
- Reducing loneliness
- Tech vs humans
- Keeping residents ‘sticky’
- Empowering the next generation

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Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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Dan Smith is back to join Deenie Lee and Sarah Canning for episode 77 of Housed. As well as hearing about Dan's new arrival, the team discuss:

- Labour's pledge to build 1.5 million Homes
- The native Student life in 2025/26 report
- Whether social media is undervalued as a marketing tool
- Operators using box-ticking wellbeing claims
- The maintenance loan gap driving affordability crunch
- Cushman & Wakefield UK Student Accommodation Report
- Unite Students  performance report and share price

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Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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In the latest of episode of Housed, Sarah Canning, guest host Brendan Geraghty and Deenie Lee discuss:
- Key takeaways from the Bisnow Student Accommodation Summit
- Underwriting gaps, slow valuations, and student share assumptions
- Rental as a housing laboratory: PBSA, co-living, later living, SFR
- Design, density, and standards for families and students
- Partnerships with universities and evolving nomination practices
- Policy pressures: Renters’ Rights Bill, PRS contraction, affordability
- Moving beyond amenity marketing to trust, predictability, and fairness
- Diversity, representation, and challenging ownership bias

PLUS find out more about Housed: The Shared Living Summit happening at UKREiiF 2026!  

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Rental Living sector thought leader and CEO of The Association for Rental Living, Brendan Geraghty joins us as guest host for this episode.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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In the latest of episode of Housed, Sarah Canning, Dan Smith and Deenie Lee discuss:
👉 Living away at university - is there a PR issue?
👉 Why is there a stigma about HMOs?
👉 The key drivers in BTR and Co-living
👉 Should developers and investors be worried about buying getting easier?

The episode includes references to the BBC News article 'Why more students like me are choosing not to leave home', the Harris Associates and VervLife 2025 Build-to-Rent Report & Co-Living Addendum and LandlordZONE article 'HMO 'stigma' blamed for drastic fall in shared houses.'

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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In this week's episode, Dan Smith, Deenie Lee and Sarah Canning discuss:
- The Future of Renting
- Misleading Market Data in Student Housing
- The Nuance Behind the Headlines
- Student Financial Struggles and Commuting Trends
- Smarter Rent-Setting Strategies

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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This week, Dan Smith, Deenie Lee and Sarah Canning cover:

- The real definition of co-living; exploring YorSpace in York, where residents share tools, childcare, and even solar panels.
-  Ireland's student accommodation market, where legislative intervention including rent caps has effectively halted development despite a projected shortfall of up to 68,000 beds by 2035.
- Why void rooms don't have to mean lost revenue.
- And why you should be adopting AI now and not in the future.

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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Sarah, Dan and Deenie are back with a brand new season of Housed, dissecting and discussing some fresh new topics from the world of shared living. 

This week insights:

- The impact of the new Housing Secretary
- Why does affordable just mean 'old'?
- More 18 year olds going to uni = more in student accommodation?
- Why has the 25/26 season been tough for PBSA?
- Should void beds be a Plan A?
- Including later living in housing targets
- University mergers and what it really means for students

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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Sarah, Dan and Deenie are joined by Chris Cater, Richard Ward and Sarah Turner-Jones to talk about the London Masterplan. 

This episode was recorded in-front of a live audience at opening of the new Fusion PBSA building in Brent Cross Town.

The panel discuss why London is treated so differently to the rest of the UK:
- How are different boroughs in London reacting to PBSA?
- The trends and patterns that show London as a different market and specifically Greater London vs Central London
- Do universities have different needs for accommodation for their students in London?
- Marketing Brent Cross as a new town to students - with no history or reviews to build upon
- What else needs to be done in London to open up more opportunities for student living in less obvious spaces?

Find out more about Fusion:  Student Accommodation in Brent Cross, North London - Fusion Students

Discover Brent Cross Town: Brent Cross Town - Discover Brent Cross Town. 6,700 new homes, workplaces for 25,000, a new town centre, 50 acres of green parks & playing fields. 12 mins from Central London.

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The final episode in this special mini series with The Class Foundation and we are asking “How do we cultivate the PBSA sector leaders of tomorrow?” Dan and Sarah are joined by Kelly-anne Watson of The Class Foundation as well as two brilliant leaders from the sector marketing expert Romy Levin and Jon Badge of We are Homes for Students to discuss:

- An introduction to community hubs
- How community hubs are creating tomorrow's PBSA leaders by breaking down silos and sharing knowledge across Europe
- How we can professionalise student living as a legitimate career path 
- The future vision of community hubs; including geographic spotlights, resource sharing, and potential standalone events.

Those who are interested in learning more about what The Class Conference is all about, or want to book their tickets can visit our/the website : www.theclassfoundation.com/conference

A huge thank you to the sponsor of this mini series, MyStudentHalls - find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.

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In episode two in this three-part mini series we are focusing on regional frameworks and some of the lessons learned from the key four markets of the UK, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.

Dan, Deenie and Sarah are joined by Kelly-anne Watson and Frank Uffen to discuss:
• National action frameworks being developed to coordinate housing responses in key European markets
• UK faces challenges with PBSA not being included in national housing numbers
• Nottingham housing strategy highlights how universities can see accommodation as part of student success
• Spain emerging as a leader in collaborative approaches to student housing development
• Innovative hybrid models in Spain allow residences to function as hotels in summer months
• Cross-sector learning between student housing, hospitality and co-living driving innovation
• Cultural contexts differ across Europe, with religious organizations historically providing housing in Spain/Italy
• Data-driven research helping identify what amenities students actually need versus marketing-driven additions
• Growing interest in shared accommodation models to address affordability challenges
• Investment conditions need to be understood alongside community needs for successful development

Those who are interested in learning more about what The Class Conference is all about, or want to book their tickets can visit our/the website : www.theclassfoundation.com/conference

A huge thank you to the sponsor of this mini series, MyStudentHalls - find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.